The economic impact of social ties: Evidence from german reunification

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1219-1271

  Burchardi, Konrad B ^a   Hassan, Tarek A ^b  

^a Institute for International Economic Studies   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENTREPRENEUR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84880264269     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt009     Document Type: Article

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